50625 USRA 0-6-0 & Slope Tender - Atlantic Coast Line #1156 Steam Locomotive New 2 switch controllers

2 switch controllers

This allowed them to be utilised on pretty much the whole of the great western and later British Railways western region network

LENGTH 300mm

In the Mid-2000s the Mk3 stock belonging to the InterCity East Coast franchise

BUILT BY BR Doncaster/Crewe Works

50625 USRA 0-6-0 & Slope Tender - Atlantic Coast Line #1156 Steam Locomotive New 2 switch controllersWith production beginning in 1918, the USRA 0 6 0 was one of a selection of locomotives designed by the United States Railroad Administration during the brief period in World War 1 when the US rail network was nationalized under government ownership. Classified as a light switcher, the type saw widespread success in both light freight and yard duties, and many railroads went on to run these plucky workhorses for several decades, once the rail system